National Gypsum Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON HIS DRILL AND WAITING TO MOVE. HE SAYS HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYE AND ASKED TO SEE A DR FIRST AID CASE-EYE WAS WASHED-OUT BY THE DR.
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January 25, 1994
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. A BURR ON THE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S GLOVED HAND, HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM WERE PULLED AROUND STEEL. INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT (PHYSICAL THERA PY.
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BACK OF A UTILITY TRUCK WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY LOWERED THE MAN PLATFORM ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. INJURY INVOLVED FIRST AID (ELASTIC BANDAGE WAS APPLIED TO LEF T FOOT). EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING METATARSAL GUARD BOOTS.
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS COLLARING A ROOF BOLT HOLE ENOUGH FEED PESSURE WAS EXERTED TO BEND THE DRILL STEEL WHICH THEN BROKE THE SAFETY LATCH THE DRILL STEEL JUMPED OUT OF PLACE & STRUCK EMPLOYEES FOREHEA D INJURY INVOLVED MEDICAL TREATMENT SUTURING 18 STITCHES
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